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National Archives Museum

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Access rules for Public Records

Access to public records is given to research scholars/users as persub-section (2) of Section 11 of the Public Records Rules, 1997, which lays down the following guidelines:

A person who intends to consult the public records shall apply to the Director General or Head of the Archives, as the case may be, in Form-8 (Link for Form 8 ).

In addition to Form-8, foreign nationals intending to consult the public records may be permitted only on the production of letters of introduction from their sponsoring institution and diplomatic Mission. {sub-section (3) of Section 11 of the Public Records Rules, 1997}

For administrative purposes, a checklist of the documents required to establish verifiable bonafides is provided at the time of registration.